Definitions for shakes

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shakes shake

Spelling: [sheyk]

IPA: /ʃeɪk/

Shakes is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 68 anagrams from letters in shakes (aehkss).

Definitions for shakes

noun

1. an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
2. tremulous motion.
3. a tremor.
4. shakes, (used with a singular verb) Informal. a state or spell of trembling, as caused by fear, fever, cold, etc. (usually preceded by the).
5. a disturbing blow; shock.
6. Informal. milk shake.
7. the act or a manner of clasping another's hand in greeting, agreement, etc.:
8. Informal. chance or fate; deal:
9. a cast of the dice:
10. something resulting from shaking.
11. an earthquake.
12. a fissure in the earth.
13. an internal crack or fissure in timber.
14. Music. trill1 (def 9).
15. an instant:
16. Carpentry. a shingle or clapboard formed by splitting a short log into a number of tapered radial sections with a hatchet.
17. Horology. (in an escapement) the distance between the nearer corner of one pallet and the nearest tooth of the escape wheel when the other pallet arrests an escape tooth.
18. Chiefly South Midland U.S. shaker (def 2).
19. a dance deriving from the twist.
20. Slang. the dried leaves of the marijuana plant.

Idioms

1. no great shakes, Informal. of no particular ability; unimportant; common:
2. shake a leg, Informal. to hurry up; get a move on: to dance.
3. shake hands. hand (def 79).
4. shake one's head, to indicate disapproval, disagreement, negation, or uncertainty by turning one's head from one side to the other and back: to indicate approval, agreement, affirmation or acceptance by nodding one's head up and down.
5. shake the dust from one's feet. dust (def 26).
6. two shakes (of a lamb's tail), a very short time; a moment.

Verb phrases

1. shake down, to cause to descend by shaking; bring down. to cause to settle. to condition; test: Informal. to extort money from. Slang. to search (someone), especially to detect concealed weapons.
2. shake off, to rid oneself of; reject. to get away from; leave behind. Baseball, Softball. (of a pitcher) to indicate rejection of (a sign by the catcher for a certain pitch) by shaking the head or motioning with the glove.
3. shake up, to shake in order to mix or loosen. to upset; jar. to agitate mentally or physically:

verb (used with object)

1. to move (something or its support or container) to and fro or up and down with short, quick, forcible movements:
2. to brandish or flourish:
3. to grasp (someone or something) firmly in an attempt to move or rouse by, or as by, vigorous movement to and fro:
4. to dislodge or dispense (something) by short, quick, forcible movements of its support or container:
5. to cause to sway, rock, totter, etc.:
6. to agitate or disturb profoundly in feeling:
7. to cause to doubt or waver; weaken. to shake one's self-esteem.
8. Music. to trill (a note).
9. to mix (dice) by rolling in the palm of the hand before they are cast.
10. to get rid of; elude:

verb (used without object)

1. to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
2. to tremble with emotion, cold, etc.
3. to become dislodged and fall (usually followed by off or down):
4. to move something, or its support or container, briskly to and fro or up and down, as in mixing:
5. to totter; become unsteady.
6. to clasp another's hand in greeting, agreement, congratulations, etc.:
7. Music. to execute a trill.

Origin of shakes

before 900; (v.) Middle English s(c)haken, Old English sceacan; cognate with Low German schacken, Old Norse skaka; (noun) derivative of the v.

Examples for shakes

Hey, Scottie, shake up the fire and put on some coffee, will you?

We shake hands and he immediately begins a monologue about prison breaks and South America.

The firing of a new executive brought in to shake up the flailing show is getting dead-movie-star tabloid coverage.

She clung to appearances with a tenacity that nothing could shake.

Grace caught Emma by the shoulders and proceeded to shake her.

"It is well," said he, and with a shake of the bridle rode on down the woodland path.

shake off any excess flour and gently place in the heated oil.

One lucky guy—see Jones, above—was paired with two perfect partners this season to shake things up.

"Remember, sir, you are an honest man; you cannot shake hands with me," said George.

Neither does the sound of shelling that is strong enough and close enough at one point to shake the ground.